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Have had my back broken twice. Now have two rods in my back, 2 screws in each vertebrae, compression plate in my right hip and untold other amounts of hardware throughout my body.
Sleeping in a properly set up hammock is far better for me than a bed.

I have a congenital defect in my lumbar spine and had surgery 2 years ago at the L4/L5 area. I'm mostly fine, but can only really lay in bed for 3-4 hours before my mid and upper back feels stiff/achy (fine once I get up and move about).

Me. too. I have a bulge at L4-5. Got it when I was 30 by moving furniture wrong.
Tent camping sometimes left me unable to move in the morning. Always aching and sore.
Check out the video I did in trip report-Johns Mountain Trail. No pain!

I have a bad back--bulging lumbar disk (not sure which one). Sleeping in the hammock is probably the only reason I camp as often as I do with the scouts. I wake up feeling pretty good. The adults on the ground are usually groaning.